The Melvins and Napalm Death will tour North America with Melt Banana next spring on what they’ve dubbed their “Savage Imperial Death March” tour. “We have been talking about doing a tour like this for a long time, so we are thrilled it’s finally happening,” Napalm Death’s Shane Embury said in… Source: RollingStone Link: Melvins, […]
R.E.M. and Neil Young are both prolific collaborators, so when the alt-rock stars played an acoustic set at Young’s annual benefit concert for Northern California’s Bridge School in 1998, it was inevitable that they would end up onstage together. What wasn’t predictable was how they chose to perform: R.E.M. backed a banjo-playing Young… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Neil […]
Dave Grohl has overcome countless obstacles throughout his storied career — not even a slippery stage in Sweden could keep the Foo Fighter from shredding — but the musician finally met his match on ABC’s The Muppets, where he faced Animal in a ferocious drum-off. The clip finds the Foo Fighter and the wild-eyed sensei of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Dave […]
Nina Simone discussed black rights and the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. in July 1968, a few months after his assassination, in an interview for Italian radio. PBS recently rediscovered the chat and animated it as part of its Blank on Blank series. The civil rights leader came up when… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
With Adele’s 25 officially the biggest album of 2015 — and the first album ever to sell more than three million copies in one week — it’s worth pointing out that country artists have been hip to the soulful star for years now and finding ways to pay tribute. More often than not, that… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Best […]
The Avett Brothers recently announced that the fourth installment in their live album series, Live, Vol. 4, will be out December 18th, but that won’t be the only way to hear the band of banjo brothers in the new year. In April, the folk collective led by Scott and Seth Avett… Source: RollingStone Link: The Avett […]
Pope Francis’ message of peace and economic justice has been an inspiration to millions of people all over the world. How’s his music? Um … infallible! Wake Up! sets his speeches and prayers (in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and English) to pop, rock and classical compositions performed by Italian session musicians, several with… Source: RollingStone Link: Wake Up!
Five years after the ridiculous, impeccably catchy “Fuck You,” CeeLo Green is trying on his funky-weirdo Prince shoes again. This time, they don’t quite fit. Heart Blanche’s campy soul grooves come and go in spectacular waves, lifted by some of Green’s best-ever vocal work, but are drowned by the album’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Heart Blanche
Justin Bieber and One Direction have always been the yin and yang of the pop-idol game, but never more so than now. They bring opposite agendas to their new LPs: Bieber is the comeback kid, with “Sorry” as his theme song. He spends Purpose learning lessons, begging for forgiveness and vowing… Source: RollingStone Link: Purpose
Luke Bryan is heading to New York City for New Year’s Eve. The country superstar joins headliner Carrie Underwood for ABC’s annual telecast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest from Times Square. Bryan is scheduled to perform a medley of his hits. Last week, the “Drink a… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke […]